Freekeh salad with feta cheese and a pomegranate molasses dressing is a delicious, nutritious and simple side for a huge range of dishes.
Vegetarian Recipes
Vegetarian recipes often get a bad wrap, but not from this meat eater, vegetarian food is delicious, usually frugal, and typically very nutritious.
Now I am far from being a vegetarian, but eating veggie dishes is normal to me.
I never try to "replace" meat in recipes with a substitute. I would rather celebrate vegetarian ingredients as they are... and yes, that includes tofu!
How much veggie food do I make? Around 25% of all of my recipes here are either vegetarian or vegan. So I would say, a fair bit!
Soubise is a creamy French onion sauce that combines one of the great mother sauces (bechamel) with lots of onions softened in butter.
Harissa halloumi cheese tagine with almonds, a delicious and simple North African-influenced dish with spicy kick thanks to harissa paste.
Cheesy baked bean pasta is a delicious and comforting play on mac & cheese, featuring 3 types of cheese, bechamel sauce and Hendersons relish.
Cream cheese or Philadelphia pasta with garlic and chives gets a flavour punch thanks to Mushroom ketchup in a super quick and easy recipe.
Arroz con tomate is Portuguese tomato rice; it's a wonderfully low-maintenance one-pot dish that features short grain rice and lots of garlic.
Spicy Szechuan tofu with peppers and onions in a delicious but simple sauce is the perfect quick and easy vegan/vegetarian fakeaway dinner.
Vegetable rogan josh is my vegan/vegetarian take on the ever-popular British Indian curry house favourite that comes in a thick spicy sauce.
Glamorgan sausages are essentially cheese, bread and leek "croquettes" from South Wales, and they are as good as vegetarian bangers get.
Sayur kare is a Balinese curry, my vegetarian version is loaded with veggies and tofu in a delicious spicy coconut milk and turmeric sauce.
Miso mushroom spaghetti combines Japanese, British & Italian ingredients in a wonderfully simple & boldly flavoured vegetarian pasta dish.
Sticky sesame seed-coated tofu that has been fried until crispy and tossed in a soy sauce glaze with some heat thanks to crispy chilli oil.
Taze fasulye is a beautifully simple Turkish green bean stew, I like to use runner beans in this recipe alongside onions, tomatoes & peppers.
Domoda is a West African (Gambian) peanut stew, my vegan version is loaded with sweet potato and carrot in a delicious peanut butter sauce.
Piperade is a classic easy Basque stew that features green peppers, onions, tomatoes & chilli, my version turns this dish into a great side.
Aloo jeera is a wonderful spicy Indian-influenced side dish, my version combines chilli, coriander, cumin with perfectly cooked new potatoes.
Halloumi fajitas, a vegetarian take on a spicy Mexican dish using Cypriot cheese, loads of veggies, sour cream and lime in a tortilla wrap.
Miso butter pasta is a quick and easy recipe with deep umami undertones, a little heat and fragrance from both black and pink peppercorns.
Ho fun noodles, flat rice noodles stir-fried in a simple sauce with loads of veggies, are the perfect vegetarian Chinese-influenced fakeaway.
Vegan parsnip and chickpea curry that features a big punch of chilli and classic Indian spices which are tempered by silky coconut milk.